268 cm. SCROPHULARINE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [LimnopMla. 



9. Ii. pygmaea, Hook.f. ; glabrous, nrach branched, creeping, branches 

 4-6 in. divaricate, leaves all opposite sessUe oblong-lanceolate acute sub- 

 serrate, nerves very obscure, flowers axillary solitary, pedicels equalling or 

 exceeding the calyx erect in fruit, calyx ^ in. hirsute, lobes subulate-lanceola.te 

 fruiting striate. Herpestis pygmaea, Chriff. Notul. iv. 104. Stemodia difEusa, 

 Benth. in Wall. Gat. 3937. 



Tenassbbiu; at Tavoy, Gomez, Selfer ; Mergoi, Gri^th. Mai^cca, Griffith, 

 Cuming. 



Yery near to L, laxa, bat much smaller, more glabrous, with leaves less than } in. 

 long. 



"Hi" leaves some or most i-As-nately tohorledy sometimes all opposite in L. 

 gratissima and hirsuta. 



10. Ii. gratissima, Bhime Bijd. 749 ; erect, 1-2 ft., glabrous, leaves 

 opposite aiid 3-nately whorled ^-amplexicaui linear-oblong subacute serru- 

 late, flowers in axillary and terminal many-fld. racemes rarely solitary, calyx 

 usually shorter than the pedicels glabrate, lobes lanceolate acuminate fruit- 

 ing striate. Benfh. Scroph. Ind. 26 ; Wall. Cat. 3906 ; Balz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. 

 M. 177. L. punctata, Blume I.e. 750; Benth. in BO. Prodr. x. 388; 

 Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. iL 682; Maxim. Biagn. PI. Nov. Bee. xix. 406. 

 Gratiola aromatica, Pers. Syjiops. i. 14. Ambulia aromatica, Lamh. Encycl. 

 i. 128.— .SAeerfe Bart. Mai. x. 6. 



Watery places. Cacsab, Keenan. Pbgu, Kurz. Maiaooa, Maingay. The 

 Deccak PbhihsuIiA, from the Concan southwards. Cetlon, common. — DisiBlB. 

 Malay and Philippine Islands, China, Japan, N. Australia. 



Stem stoat, simple, rarely branched above. Leaves li-2i in., nerves few and 

 iiiint. Sacemes sometimes 1 foot long and paniealately branched, with the flowers 

 whorled, at others few-fld., or flower solitary and axillary ; pedicels i-1 in., glandular; 

 bracteoles minute. Calyx \ in. long, glandular, fruiting hemispheric. Corolla ^ in. 

 long. Capsule oblong, acute. — Blame's i. gratissima is the typical form of this 

 plant, Ii. punctata being a reduced state with solitary flowers in the axils. 



11. Ii. bjrsuta, Benth. in BC. Prodr. x. 888; erect, stem 6-18 in. 

 hirsute rarely glabrate, leaves opposite or 3-4-nately whorled sessile or 

 narrowed into a short petiole elliptic linear-oblong or subspathulate serrulate, 

 nerves very obscure, flowers axillary solitary or cymose or panicled at the 

 top of the stem, pedicels long or short, calyx hirsute, lobes lanceolate fiudy 

 acuminate fruiting striate. Stemodia hirsuta, Seyne ; Benth. Scroph. Ind. 

 24; Wall. Cat. 3930. Ambulia ebi-acteata, Serb. Sam. 



Wet places, from Assam to Chittagokg and the Nioobab IsiiAiros. Deccait 

 PENnrsuiiA, fi-om the Concan southwards. Cetloh, common. — Distkib. Borneo, 

 China. 



Best distinguished from L. gratissima by its pubescence, less racemose inflorescence, 

 and more orbicular capsule. There are what appear to be glabrous states of it from 

 Chota Nagpore (ICanchee, alt. 2000 ft., Clarke) and Balaghat {WigAt) with always 

 opposite leaves. 



12._ Ii. polyantba, S^urz mss. ; glandular-pubescent, stem slender 

 6-18 in., leaves 4-nately whorled i-amplexicaul linear serrulate, nerves 

 obscure, cymes terminal panicled, flowers very numerous small shortly 

 pediceUed, calyx ^ in., lobes subulate fruiting not striate. 



Marshes. Sikkim Tbeai, Serb. Griffith ; Siligoree, Clarke. Pegu, Kurx. 

 A graceful species, conspicuous for the copious minute flowers in a subpyramidal 

 inflorescence. Leaves J-IJ in., all whorled except in starved forms. Peduncles and 



